Cliff · Virginia
High Point
High Point is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,175 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. Farm Heritage Road passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1175 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.23429, -80.79646
- 11.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 19.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 26.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 27 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- High Point: 0.0 mi
- Sugar Run Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Sentinel Point: 5.2 mi
- Pearis Mountain: 5.5 mi
Parks
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 5.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Camp Success Campground: 7.0 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- New River Valley Fairgrounds: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 13
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 16.9 mi
- This Way: 19.0 mi
- Stone Arch: 19.7 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 20.6 mi
Museums: 9
- Andrew Johnston House: 7.3 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 18.4 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 18.4 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 19.2 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- DAK Lights: 11.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 16.6 mi
- Modern Art: 16.9 mi
- Modern Art: 16.9 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 6
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 11.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 11.9 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- City Garden: 19.5 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Barneys Wall: 14.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 14.7 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Bear Cliff: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Mercers Saltworks: 17.7 mi
- Junta: 19.7 mi
- Warford: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Falls of Dismal: 6.7 mi
- Cascades: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 2
- Waterfront: 20.0 mi
- Water Front: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 2
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 22.5 mi
- Keffer Oak: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 61° | 1,327 m | 16.3 mi |
| Butt Mountain | NE 46° | 1,282 m | 13.4 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NE 47° | 1,256 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wind Rock | NE 51° | 1,246 m | 19.7 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | WNW 292° | 1,239 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,238 m | 3.3 mi |
| Brushy Top | NE 45° | 1,236 m | 15.3 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NE 56° | 1,211 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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